Aids for the handicapped based on" SYNTE 2" speech synthesizer

M Karjalainen, U Laine, R Toivonen… - ICASSP'80. IEEE …, 1980 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
SYNTE 2 is a low-cost, high-quality, text-to-speech synthesizer designed for Finnish but …
This paper describes the present applications of SYNTE 2, including the speaking machine, a …

Effect of Word Speed, Number of Words, and Habituation on the Discrimination Score of Synthesized Speech

T Rahko, U Laine, M Karjalainen… - Annals of Otology …, 1980 - journals.sagepub.com
… The audiologic uses of Synte 2, a speech synthetizer converting text into speech, with …
Synte 2 also provides an aid for the mute. It makes man-machine communication possible …

Clinical Applications of and Experiences with a Portable, Unlimited Text-To-Speech Synthesizer

KT Rahko, M Karjalainen, U Laine, R Toivonen… - Ear and …, 1981 - journals.lww.com
An unlimited, portable, text-to-speech synthesizer, Synte 2, is introduced. Since 1977, it has
been applied and tested to the rehabilitation of the deaf and others unable to speak as well …

[SITAATTI][C] Speech Synthesizer in the Finnish Language

MA Karjalainen, UK Laine, T Rahko - Folia Phoniatrica et Logopaedica, 1980 - karger.com
Thus, we may state that many difficulties exist in the production of artificial speech that is
perceived as correct or sufficiently correct to be useful in clinical practice and testing or to be …

The Printout: Communications Received: An International View

G Mason - The Reading Teacher, 1985 - JSTOR
… In one program, as a child completes writing each syllable (as Finnish is usually taught) the
Synte 2 pro gram pronounces it. Another program uses the computer to give dictation to the …

Speech audiometry by a speech synthesizer

T Rahko, MA Karjalainen, UK Laine… - Archives of oto-rhino …, 1979 - Springer
… The apparatus was first tested in a large computer system and later a working Finnish speech
synthesizer, Synte 2, appeared in miniaturized form. The device is portable, about 8 • 20 x …

Long-term average spectrum in screening of voice quality in speech: untrained male university students

T Leino - Journal of voice, 2009 - Elsevier
… In addition to LTAS measurements, alpha ratio 9 was also calculated with Intelligent Speech
Analyser by subtracting the Leq of the range of 50 Hz–1 kHz from that of the range of 1–5 …

[PDF][PDF] Puhesynteesi ja lausepaino

A Suni - Puhe ja kieli, 2008 - journal.fi
SYNTE 2:ssa lauseen sävelkulkua ennustava järjestelmä oli hierarkkinen ja sisälsi tavu-,
sana- ja … Kuvassa 2 on stilisoitu esimerkki SYNTE 2:n sävelkulusta, jossa kullakin sanalla on yh…

[PDF][PDF] Acoustic character of vowel pronunciation in Sweden-Swedish and Finland-Swedish

M Kuronen - Working papers/Lund University, Department of …, 2001 - journals.lub.lu.se
This paper presents some of the main results of a study on the acoustic character of vowel
pronunciation in Sweden-Swedish and Finland-Swedish made by the author (Kuronen 2000). …

The role of F3 in the vocal expression of emotions

T Waaramaa, P Alku, AM Laukkanen - Logopedics Phoniatrics …, 2006 - Taylor & Francis
The present study investigates the role of F3 in the perception of valence of emotional
expressions by using a vowel [a:] with different F3 values: the original, one with F3 either lowered …